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Harmful emissions from the agriculture sector are increasingly scrutinized as the climate changes. Now, energy companies want to help dairy farmers reduce emissions.
Virginia-based Dominion Energy and Vanguard Renewables Ag of Massachusetts have announced a $200 million partnership to convert methane from cow manure into renewable natural gas.
The money will fund projects at dairy farms in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Georgia.
By Theresa Davis, Press Herald
Waste Management CEO Projects Fleet 75% Renewable CNG in 2021
Waste Management's 10th annual sustainability forum, hosted in conjunction with its sponsorship of the Phoenix Open golf tournament, was a continuation of the company's effort to be a "thought leader" in the industry around environmental and social topics. While the value of such a showcase may be rising amid investor interest in climate issues, it's often still hard to gauge exactly what this event means in terms of business strategy compared to other large competitors.
Fleet investment is one tangible metric showing how Waste Management plans to mark progress on its pledge to offset four times the amount of GHG it generates from operations. According to the company's latest sustainability update, 2018 fleet emissions were down by 30% against a 2010 baseline. Waste Management seeks to hit a 45% reduction by 2038.
By Waste Dive
UPS Builds on RNG Momentum with Kinetrex Energy & TruStar Energy
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has entered into multi-year renewable natural gas (RNG) agreements with Kinetrex Energy and TruStar Energy. Together, these two contracts will supply UPS with up to 80 million gallon equivalents (GEs) of RNG over the terms of the agreements.
“The use of RNG is a very important part of UPS’s strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025,” said Mike Whitlatch, vice president of global energy and procurement, UPS. “We are using both liquid natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) as bridging fuels to increase our use of RNG. This will have a measurable impact as RNG yields up to a 90% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional diesel. Using RNG is what will ultimately help UPS meet its 2025 sustainability goals.”
By Morningstar
U.S. Gain First to Provide RNG Through New M-RETS RTC Platform
U.S. Gain, a leader in development, procurement and distribution of renewable natural gas (RNG), becomes first to provide RNG for use in voluntary markets through the Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) Renewable Thermal Certificate (RTC) platform.
As a state-of-the-art platform that validates environmental attributes of energy, M-RETS is a leader in the environmental commodity tracking space and serves as a trusted centralized gateway to environmental markets and eliminating double-counting errors. M-RETS issues a unique, traceable digital certificate for every dekatherm (dth) produced by a renewable thermal generator. Types of renewable thermal technologies include RNG, hydrogen, ground source heat pumps, sewer/wastewater heat recovery, and many more existing and developing renewable thermal technologies. M-RETS registers projects in all states and provinces across North America.
By CSR News
Vashon Island’s Farming Community Reducing Food Waste with Waste-to-Energy Practices
Island farmers, entrepreneurs and residents spent a few hours at Matsuda Farm and Island Spring Organics this past Monday learning how they could improve their crops or business practices through new environmental sustainability efforts.
Those efforts are thanks to Impact Bioenergy, an Auburn-based company that manufactures modular systems to convert food waste into plant food and low-carbon energy. Last year, it installed an anaerobic digester at Island Spring Organics’ tofu factory and started conducting crop trials at Matsuda Farm. While the factory has been using Impact Bioenergy’s anaerobic digester to take food waste and convert it into bio-fertilizer, Matsuda Farm has used that fertilizer on its fields.
By Beachcomber
Clean Energy Reduced 745,000 Metric Tons of GHG with Renewable Natural Gas
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) today announced it delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem™ Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America.
The environmental impact of replacing 143 million gallons of diesel fuel with RNG is the equivalent of reducing 745,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions—also equal to planting 12 million trees, or removing 158,000 cars off the road, or reducing 260,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill.
By Business Wire
The Energy Co-op Opens Renewable Natural Gas Program to All Philadelphians
The Energy Co-op announced today that it has opened its renewable natural gas program for enrollment by all PECO and PGW natural gas consumers in the region.
Renewable natural gas, or RNG, is produced through the decomposition of organic materials at landfills, wastewater treatment plants, and other waste facilities. RNG, also known as biogas or biomethane, can be used as utility fuel in the same ways as conventional natural gas, providing for the heating and other energy needs of homeowners, businesses, and industry.
By Investor Ideas
Minnesota Farmers Producing Renewable Energy
The back end of a cow generates 80 pounds each day of what Dennis Haubenschild, who owns 750 of them near Princeton, Minn., refers to as a “non-depletable renewable resource.”
Now, technology and policy are aligning for farmers to take advantage of all that manure in a surprising way — by turning it into gas that can fuel vehicles.
Haubenschild was among the first dairy farmers in the state to experiment with biogas production, and he uses manure-turned-gas to generate heat on his farm. But climate change policies in California and Oregon have created a different, national market for the gas that comes from livestock manure.
By Governing
New RNG Fueling station Opens in Bakersfield
Bakersfield is getting a new natural gas fueling station in Bakersfield from the Southern California Gas Company.
The station, located at 35118 McMurtrey Ave., will dispense only renewable natural gas, a fuel made from waste from dairies, landfills, wastewater and other sources. The Bakersfield fueling station is the largest of its kind to date, the company says.
By KGET
Greenlane Renewables Signs Agreement with SWEN Capital Partners For Turn-key Biogas Upgrading Systems in Europe
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (“Greenlane”) (TSXV: GRN / FSE: 52G) today announced it has signed an agreement in principle with SWEN Capital Partners (“SWEN”) based in Paris, France to create a joint venture company (“JV Co.”) to accelerate deployment of Greenlane’s biogas upgrading systems by providing an innovative finance solution for customers in Europe using a build, own, operate model.
JV Co. will combine Greenlane’s market presence, technical expertise, customer contacts and industry experience with SWEN’s financial backing as a leader in sustainable investments with more than 5 billion Euro in assets under management. The intent of the parties is for JV Co. to assist in removing the burden of ownership on Greenlane’s clients by allowing them to replace initial capital outlays with a monthly fee.
By Business Wire
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